May Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 October 1984. A C16 Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
May Cottage
- WRENN ID
- western-stair-thyme
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Devon
- Constituency
- Honiton and Sidmouth MP: Richard Foord (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 October 1984
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- May Cottage, Combpyne Road, Musbury, EX13 8AR
- OS grid reference
- SY 273 945
- Coordinates
- 50.74637, -3.03082
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
May Cottage is a cottage dating from around the 16th century, with alterations from the 19th century and a 19th-century wing. It is constructed of roughcast stone rubble. The roof is slate and hipped, with a gabled roof on the 19th-century wing, forming an L-shaped plan. The cottage has two storeys. There are three-light casement windows with glazing bars. A heavy, chamfered wooden door frame with a four-centred arch is located at the south end. At the rear (west) is a two-light window with a wooden chamfered frame. A brick chimney stack is situated over the south end.
Local climate
May Cottage receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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